The American Muslim reports that the Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition (MACLC), a New York-based coalition of Muslim advocates, attorneys and community leaders, has released a critique of a New York Police Department report on ”Radicalization in the West: The Home Grown Threat.”

A United Nations measure called "Combating Defamation of Religions," backed mainly by Muslim-majority countries and opposed by the United States and Western Europe, was passed this week. It paves the way, critics believe, for international legitimation of laws restricting free speech and freedom of religion. It also raises interesting questions about whether religions, as such, possess legal rights, according to Canwest News Service.

Meenakshi Ravi on the possible political and religious repercussions of the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

Louis A. Ruprecht takes issue with the theology of a Baptist minister who has urged his married congregants to have more sex.

At First Things, Joseph Bottum laments the disappearance of Advent.

As the days pass since the terrorist attacks at several locations in Mumbai, and the death toll creeps toward 200, a variety of perspectives has emerged across the Web. Some provide insights into the political and religious significance of the attacks, others offer personal reflections on the city. But all are written with a determination […]

The current recession is affecting all Americans, and religious organizations are no exception. Michael Paulson writes in the Boston Globe about how churches and synagogues are coping with these economically hard times, and the worries they have for the future.

Joel Schalit at Religion Dispatches reviews Violence by philosopher Slavoj Žižek.

In the Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology, Martin Riexinger explores Adnan Oktar's use of the internet to propagate Islamic Creationism.

Jonah Goldberg writes an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times, showing how bigoted attacks on Mormons, that would never be tolerated if levied against another religion, have been seen as acceptable to many.